Wheelchair basketball games to benefit Special Olympics

By the Midland Daily News

Updated 7:00 am, Friday, March 20, 2015

University students and possibly others from the community will play basketball while using wheelchairs in a fundraising event from 6-9 p.m. April 1 at Northwood University’s Bennett Sports Center in Midland.

The public is invited to attend for a free-will donation of a dollar or more per person. The event benefits the Special Olympics organization serving people with intellectual disabilities in Midland County.

Circle K International — a service club at Northwood — will host the event.

Among the expected players are Circle K members and others from Northwood. Additional teams might also participate for a registration fee of $30 to field a five or six-person team. To ask about registering a team, send an e-mail to perryh@northwood.edu.

In previous years, competitors have included fraternities, sororities and student organization executive boards.

Some Midland County Special Olympics athletes will participate in a basketball game during the evening. Prizes will be offered to some spectators.

Basketball is Midland County Special Olympics’ largest program, with approximately 80 athletes.